Sword and Scale Episode 70

Sword and Scale Episode 70

Sword and Scale isn’t just a podcast. We also have a website (swordandscale.com) where we post daily stories of dark deeds done by the most evil and devious amongst us. To highlight this point, we’ve chosen two stories that we’ve previously covered in articles on our website. The first is extremely fascinating, the second is extremely violent.

Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino was a popular destination for tourists in the Lake Tahoe area, until it was blown to bits by one of the most complex bombs ever built. We’re joined by Adam Higginbotham, author of 1,000 Pounds of Dynamite to tell this amazing story.

Our second story is that of a girl from Japan named Junko Furuta, who endured 44 days of torture, before her death, at the hands of countless others who could have stopped what was happening at any time, but chose not to.

Mike, Mike, MIKE! So I heard about your recent success with the Patreon campaign and decided to take a listen to your latest offering. I did not hear any ads! Please be honest, is this what we can expect from now on? I have no problem with a few bucks a month, please tell me you dropped the sponsor plugs, PLEASE. I really miss this show and would love to retake my throne as S&S biggest fan and “word spreader”? If you wish not to reply here and would rather converse through email, no problem, I understand. You know where to reach me.

BTW; Congratulations on the success of the Patreon campaign. And congrats on making it to episode 70.

http://www.mikeboudet.com Mike Boudet

Patreon supporters get an ad-free version.

Mike

MadMarker

Unrelated question, Is that you singing in Introvert/Lounge act?

MadMarker

I definitely hear some Floyd influence. Trent Rez? Early Trent?. Nirvana? Did you listen to metal or house or EDM when you were a teenager? Or something other than metal, house or EDM? Grunge? (f@ck Courtney) Spill it brother… (edit; cousin)

Taraji Vanderpump

I wish people would stop being so entitled. In the context of what we listen to each episode on S&S, there are complaints about enduring a 30 second advertisement??? For over an hour of amazing, free content??? It does not matter what was said about ads prior, no one owes you anything. We are listening to ways in which lives were irreversibly changed and you complain about a GD commercial?

The pompous nature of “going back to being the biggest fan”. You were not a true fan if you threw a tantrum over something so trivial. I don’t mean to start “drama”, but it he conversation on this has reached a fever pitch. Get a life.

Ryan

You do realize that ads were introduced very soon after the first fundraiser which was supposed to fund this season, right? And now the show is bringing in around five THOUSAND dollars an episode, in a period which was supposed to be paid for already by supporters. It’s very reasonable to be outraged by advertisements.

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Ryan, the fundraiser produced less than $10,000. Most of it went to perks, as I’ve explained before. I never said that we were doing the fundraiser to keep the show ad-free. I said we were doing the fundraiser to support your favorite podcast and keep it airing new episodes. We had an ad free show for the first two years of the show’s existence and didn’t make a penny until a lot of hard work had been put in. We now produce an ad-free version of the show for Patreon supporters that are willing to give us $2 a month to keep us going. Not sure why you and others like you think they’re entitled to a free ad-free show, but you’re simply mistaken. If you can’t spend $2/month or $24/year on something, and even complain about ads on the free version you still have the ability to listen to, then you’re really not much of a fan and should probably go listen to something else rather than waste your time here.

Cheers!

http://swordandscale.com/ Sword and Scale

Ryan, the fundraiser produced less than $10,000. Most of it went to perks, as I’ve explained before. I never said that we were doing the fundraiser to keep the show ad-free. I said we were doing the fundraiser to support your favorite podcast and keep it airing new episodes. We had an ad-free show for the first two years of the show’s existence and didn’t make a penny until a lot of hard work had been put in. We now produce an ad-free version of the show for Patreon supporters that are willing to give us $2 a month to keep us going. Not sure why you and others like you think you’re entitled to a free ad-free show, but you’re simply mistaken. If you can’t spend $2/month or $24/year on something, and even complain about ads on the free version that you still have the ability to listen to, then you’re really not much of a fan and should probably go listen to something else rather than waste your time here. Maybe go find something with no ads in it.

Good luck!

Violet Miller

Thank you. With all the ads we watch on TV what the heck is a 30 second ad to us? These complaing whiners should be ashamed.

Brittany

I don’t have the strong stomach that I used to. The second story, just killed me. I just couldn’t.

Burr Mobley

I was 9 years old and living in S. Lake Tahoe at the time of the Harvey’s Casino bombing. I remember my Sister and I were home alone, listening to the local radio coverage and bracing ourselves in our doorways awaiting the explosion. We were 11 miles away and didn’t feel anything, but we didn’t know at he time.

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I saw the images of what they did to her and I can’t think straight anymore. And these guys didn’t even get the death penalty??

Siobhan Kyle

I’d read about this story before, and it is still by far the worst I’ve heard. It’s made all the worse by the insanely small punishments. I just cannot fathom finding 7 people in the same place who are that monstrous. This is the only time in my life I’ve wished for some vigilante justice.

Space Dog

Do you really think it’s OK to go against name suppression, just because it is not an American court? I am disappointed.

Violet Miller

Those animals need to be named.

Sarah

Junko’s story brought me to tears thinking of what she went through. I cried the entire drive home, for her. I have read the story before but hearing it out loud was something else. Only one episode the “1 icepick, 1 lunatic” one made me cry while listening to the victims mother. I can’t image the suffering poor Junko went through. I’m donating again to you Mike. Thank you

Violet Miller

OMG! What animals. I cried listening to this. WTF is wrong with people that no one would help her out of all the people that knew about it? This is just unbearable. RIP, Junko. I’ll just pray there really IS a hell for those monsters to burn in.